Movie

Spider

by Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, Ralph Fiennes, Miranda Richardson and 44 others

A mentally disturbed man takes residence in a halfway house. His mind gradually slips back into the realm created by his illness, where he replays a key part of his childhood.

(13 total)

Characters

Patrick McGrath (13)John Neville (6)Terrence (6)Ernie (2)Bill Cleg (2)Gabriel Byrne (2)Arthur Whybrow (2)Spider Boy (1)Lynn Redgrave (1)Bradley Hall (1)

“Bill: You want air in those pipes? Yvonne: We got air, bad air.”

— Patrick McGrath, Bill Cleg, Gabriel Byrne, imdb.com

Tagged: Air, Pipes, Bad Air

“Africa. Now there’s a dark continent for you.”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: Africa, dark continent, cliche

“Spider: [turning in a shard of glass from the smashed door] I... I found this... Psychiatrist: [we see the reconstructed panel on a desk] Ah, yes. We've been looking for that one...”

— Patrick McGrath, Spider Boy, Bradley Hall, imdb.com

Tagged: lost, found

“It is a loud world and this is an island, but an island ruled by a tyrant queen.”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: Loud, Island, tyrant, Queen

“I’m going back up the 'Dog'. I went down to Salisbury for a drink.”

— Patrick McGrath, Bill Cleg, Gabriel Byrne, imdb.com

Tagged: Drinking, hair of the dog

“So a man comes to Nora. She's on to him right away. Next thing she's done half the London Docks all over her.”

— Patrick McGrath, Ernie, Arthur Whybrow, imdb.com

Tagged: promiscuous woman, london docks

“Nasty stuff: Gas. I knew a man once... Put his head in a gas oven... Turned on the gas... Then, he changed his mind... But his head was STUCK!”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: Suicide, suicide attempt, Botched Suicide Attempts

“Pint of bitters please and then gin and orange for the Missus.”

— Patrick McGrath, Ernie, Arthur Whybrow, imdb.com

Tagged: bitters, gin, missus, ordering drinks

“What you say your name was? Now don't tell me... Bill. Always been one of my favorites. I had a cat called Bill once.”

— Patrick McGrath, Yvonne / Mrs. Cleg, Miranda Richardson, imdb.com

Tagged: Bill, favorite names, cats

“What've you done? What have you done?”

— Patrick McGrath, Mrs. Wilkinson, Lynn Redgrave, imdb.com

Tagged: what have you done?

“I knew a man once who'd been told never to go barefoot because of the scorpion.”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: barefoot, scorpion

“Don't play dumb with me, my friend.”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: Playing Dumb, Warning

“Clothes maketh the man; and the less there is of the man, the more the need of the clothes.”

— Patrick McGrath, Terrence, John Neville, imdb.com

Tagged: Clothes, Man